Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-08-31

EX-Judge Adam Hoy, Of Bell efonte
died on last Tuesday of diabetes.
Mo. Osgoda county, Mich, has .
street occupied entirely by Smiths.
Five thousand Indians are expect,
ed at Tacoma, w. T, to assist IL
/ picking the hop crop.
Margaret Maloney, a poor widow
OF Washington, ID. C. has been fined
for keeping a growing rooster
John Y. Woodward. of East Fal'
lowfeld township. Chester county,
has upon his place n turtle which ne
/. thinks Is 1I9 years old.
4 New York woman sold her hus-
band to another woman for $50,OOG
while Western husbands are dull and
depressed at less than one tenth of
/ this sum. Oh. the Interstate Com
merce Iaw,-Peoria Transcript.
Jake Pettiiohn, who was sentenc
ell to he hung thirty years ago for
killing Clayton NauGh- but escaped
by fight. has Just been arrested ia
Indian Territory and Will be brought
back for execution at Atlanta, Ga
William Milan, merchant OF ST.
Joseph. Mo, hos gone TO Australia
to marry young lady whom he baa
never seen. but with whom the en-
gagement was brought about by cor
respOndence. The lady Is a hsnG-
some heiress, and Milan is also rich.
LANCASTER, Pa, Aug PA most
terrific rain storm, accompanied by
hail passed over this county last
night, over three inches OF rain fall
inc within IN hour Great damage
by flooding Is reported, many cellars
having from one to three feet Of wa
ter in them
The MfIiinburg Telegraph says.
When Capt Hart was wounded at
fredericksburg. iu'65. he was assist
ed from the field by his friend and
c1mrale. Capt Brooke. When Capt.
Brooke was wounded at the battle
Of Weldon railroad. in 81. Capt. Hart.
performed FOR him similar service.
The two smallest children Of 5acoh
Richwine. Jr.. of Dickinson township
were found few days ago sitting in the
dOor-y yard few feet apart with a rat
tie snake coilod up between them
The children were apparently admin
ing his snakeship, when they we're
quickly snatched away, and his roya
3 hiEhueEs with eight rsttles and q but
ton was dispatched
/ In letter 10 the New York Time:
a Rondout writer SAYS: The peacl
crop along the Hudson River has
reached that stage that it is certain
II that not only will the weld be lerg'
al through September and October
and the first Two weeks Of November
but that the fruit will be the finest
ever shipped The late fruit Is re.
markably alike for its rich color, it.
. iuiciness and it's fineness Of fibre" 4
fine Yield Of grapes is also promised
A correspondent Of O. LewistowI
paper writing Of the farm product:
of his section says.-Ihe crop of oat.
and wheat as far as thrashed Is
poor yield. Three to five bushels
per acre for wheat, besides acres oI
some farms not worth cutting. anC
eighteen TO twenty five bushels pei
acre for oats, and that as well as
wheat don't hold out in weight. The
potato crop, especially the late plant
ing, Is a failure. Corn Is promising
. The Fulton Republican says.-;Sev
eral weeks ago the house of Mr. Mar
tin Melius, a Fulton county farmer
who resides IN the Cove Noun tan
near McConne.lsburg, was destroyed
by FIRE and nearly all his household
furniture burned up. On Tuesday
tue 10th inst. while Mr. Meiins wa!
aPsent from home purchasing lumber
Nherewith to rebuild his house, oil
barn was destroyed by fire and al it,
contents, including what little house
hold furniture had been saved from
former fire. The barn was insured
but the crops were "a total loss. Mr.
AiellUs Is certainly an unforiunat,
man and deserves the sympathy o
ali